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Chaosium Interviews: Why Play Heroes?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Jul 2022
Pendragon line editor David Larkins discusses talks about playing heroes in TTRPGs. He explains many subtleties including exclusively virtuous characters, conflicted heroes, and the different things it can mean to be a "hero". David is talking with James Coquillat as part of our Chaosium I
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Chaosium Interviews: lineage play in TTRPGs, playing your character's children
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Jun 2022
In this interview with David Larkins, Line Editor for the Pendragon RPG, he discusses the concept of lineage play in tabletop roleplaying games, playing successive generations of the same family.Part of our 'Chaosium Interviews' series with James Coquillat.
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Pendragon Design Journal #10: Arthurian Acts
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th May 2022
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra
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Pendragon Design Journal #9: Of Horses and Squires
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Apr 2022
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra
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Pendragon Design Journal #8: The Battle System
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Mar 2022
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra
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Chaosium Interviews: Getting TTRPG History Right, with David Larkins
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Mar 2022
Author of Call of Cthulhu's Berlin the Wicked City, David Larkins, talks to James Coquillat about his process for writing with precise historical detail. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series; watch them all on YouTube!
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How TTRPGs Evolve – Chaosium Interview with David Larkins
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Mar 2022
David Larkins, Pendragon line editor and author of Call of Cthulhu's Berlin the Wicked City, talks about how TTRPGs evolve over time as they go through new editions and their fan base changes.Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat.
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Pendragon Design Journal #7: The Social Game
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Feb 2022
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra
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